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Art of the Pacific

documentary heritage
  • Description

    "The world's most comprehensive (and perhaps least known) collections of Pacific art remain in the region, in New Zealand. In 1974,Brian Brake was commissioned by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand to photograph some of the treasures of Maori, Polynesian, and Melanesian art in the country's museums. With more than 180 superb photographs, half of which are in colour, this beautiful book is the result."--jacket.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    N7410 ART (Library of Congress Call Number)

    23040 (Cat ID)

    17770 (DBTextworks system ID)

    14488 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Art of the Pacific
  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Oxford University Press in association with Queen Elizabeth II Arts Coucil of New Zealand
  • Place
  • Date
    1979
  • Physical Description

    240 pages : colour illustrations ; 31 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    0195580435
  • Language
    English
  • Collection
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    5 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Related Object Notes
    MS-2002-38 Jack William Goodwin - papers
  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Preface -- introduction -- photographs: Santa Cruz islands ; Solomon Islands ; New Ireland, New Britain, Admiralty Islands ; New Guinea ; New Caledonia, New Hebrides ; Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Niue ; Outliers, Society Islands, Cook Islands, Hawai'i, Austral Islands ; Easter Island, Marquesas Islands ; New Zealand -- conversations: sharks are human / Solomon Islands ; an educated black man / Solomon Islands ; more on the gaining side / Papua New Guinea ; rules are for everything / Papua New Guinea ; it is they who are the savages / New Caledonia ; something nothing / New Hebrides ; the sacrifice / Samoa ; only a shadow / Cook Islands ; the pedestal / New Zealand ; you cannot live in two worlds / New Zealand -- catalogue -- index
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Art--Maori]

    Includes index.

  • Collection Type
    Ethnology Library
    General Collection
    Reading Room
    Reserve Collection - Outsize
    General Outsize
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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